Info about Dodge WC 55 in British Service

[Lynn Eades]

Keith, I only missed your post by 5 years.
My dad's Dodge had an oddball fuel tank fitted,(postwar) and so the extra hole had been cut into it on the other side for that fuel tank filler.

This WC55 is an ex Marine Corp Dodge,with a Marine Corp's Forrest Green over paint (I suspect It was painted immediately by the M.C.) It probably saw service in the Pacific islands before being pulled back here to N.Z. The painted markings on it indicate that its final military service was using it as a workshop vehicle park tractor.

Hanno and Marco, as there were 5280 of them built, I would be surprised if none had seen service with the British before V.E. day.
Hanno, as you suggested they would probably have been in WC52 guise as the gun was basically obsolete (too small to be effective against tanks) by the end of 1942.

I would still like to hear from anyone who can explain the posting instructions stencilled on both front guards.
" FROM USMC BASE DEPOT EPIC S3
TO USMC DEPOT YELP S3"
(not word perfect, Just as I remember it without looking it up)